LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

In the last edition of the Lifeboat in a news item titled Honours for RNLI people, we incorrectly stated that Bob Bulgin BEM had been involved with Port Isaac Lifeboat Station for 6 years.

It should have read 16 years – of...

NOVEMBER 1ST. - PORT ASKAIG, HEBRIDES.

A motor boat had been reported overdue, but, she reached Port Ellen without help. - Rewards, £14 18s. 6d..

Fourteen Launches in One Day.

Two Services by the Ramsey, Isle of Man, Life-boat.

ON January 26fch last there were severe gales all round the coast, and fourteen Life-boat launches took place at Montrose,...

Last year the fishwives of Cullercoats collected over £528, a record sum.

One fishwife, Mrs. Mattison, herself collected £214. In 22 years they have collected over £3,900..

South West Division German tug, Dutch coaster ON THE AFTERNOON of Tuesday January 3, 1984, the West German tug Fairplay X fouled her propeller in St Ives Bay while trying to pass a towline to the Netherlands coaster Orca; the coaster, her...

THE Institution has had a new film made, with dialogue, commentary and music, called "Shipshape." It shows the work of repair and supply for the life-boat stations which is constantly going on at the Institution's Depot, where...

Above right: The Lifeboat Shop earns over £30,000 a year for Dublin branch. Its main trade is in second hand clothes which are donated by the bundle. They are sorted, put on display and sold by a dedicated band of volunteer ladies who... - View image in PDF

The relationship between the RNLI and the Sea King helicopters of the RAF's Aeronautical Rescue Coordination Centre has proved vital in many rescue missions.

James Ferguson visited RAF Kinloss to find out more about...